Prettner Solon and Huntley fight the Pledge August 11, 2008 Dear Candidates, Many of you recently received an email from Senator Prettner Solon and Rep. Tom Huntley discouraging you from making a pledge to… Continue Reading
The referendum the School Board wishes for August 11, 2008 This is a poll offered by the Tibune a couple days ago. Unlike the real poll which will be offered up in November this… Continue Reading
Rewarding the Superintendent August 11, 2008 Tonight the School Board meets to reward the Superintendent for meetings his goals. I think he’s supposed to get another $5,000. He’ll probably need… Continue Reading
Donate to Let Duluth Vote online August 10, 2008 Let Duluth Vote finally has a page that can accept online donations. I set it up but I have to tweak the graphics. Its… Continue Reading
Second candidate endorses the Pledge August 10, 2008 Ryan Stauber, challenging Tom Huntley is the second legislative candidate to sign on to give the vote on the Red Plan back to Duluth…. Continue Reading
Duluth Deseg circa 1971 August 4, 2008 A friend alerted me to this interesting letter-to-the-editor. published in the New York Times Magazine in response to this story in the Times. I’ve… Continue Reading
The first candidate replies to LDV’s question August 4, 2008 Allan Kehr is the first of our 14 legislative candidates to get his LDV questionnaire returned to us. Although Allan doesn’t mark “yes” to… Continue Reading
More taxes? August 4, 2008 The headline was good though tad odd: Will Duluth taxpayers face another school tax increase? If a reader didn’t know better it might appear… Continue Reading
Red Plan Critics are here to stay August 2, 2008 Here are two versions of my most recent JCI critique. The first version is on my Snowbizz website. This is how I submitted it… Continue Reading
A little more about the Central cannon August 1, 2008 Chuck Frederick and I have been emailing back and forth about the cannon for some weeks now. He’s gotten a little more information about… Continue Reading
Recent Discussions on the Red Plan August 1, 2008 I skim through a lot of the News Tribune’s discussion boards on the Red Plan when they write a new story about it. I’ve… Continue Reading
Are Red Plan supporters turning tail? July 31, 2008 I couldn’t help but notice that David Ross, the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, wrote nary a word about the Red Plan in… Continue Reading
Dr. Dixon intends to be “vague” July 31, 2008 Karen added this note about the school board meeting the other night: “Harry, you summarized the referendum plans well on your blog. But I… Continue Reading
LDV’s Legislative Pledge July 31, 2008 Tonight we sent out a pledge to 14 candidates for the four legislative seats whose Districts contain part of ISD 709. Its a simple… Continue Reading
“Can’t we be mature?” July 31, 2008 Karen, one of our indefatigable LDVers, went to the School Board meeting last night and reported Dr.Dixon’s proposed three tiered referendum for the fall… Continue Reading
Meet JCI’s Jeff Schiltz July 25, 2008 Who’s who at Johnson Controls? Jeff Schiltz was the first person JCI listed on its proposal to lead the design for the Duluth School… Continue Reading
What makes a good school board member? July 25, 2008 What Makes a Good Board Member? I ran across this list of qualities of good school board members on the Minnesota School Board Association… Continue Reading
Good News, Moving Forward July 23, 2008 Like most people I can over think some things. I might be doing that with today’s banner headline in the Trib over the twinned… Continue Reading
Punishing politicians who will not tax July 22, 2008 The good news, as the News Tribune puts it, is that Duluth’s finances and tax capacity are in good enough shape to guarantee an… Continue Reading
Reviewing Doty July 21, 2008 I spent an afternoon looking up Ralph Doty’s caustic attack on me and Gary Glass. In reviewing it a half a year later I’m… Continue Reading
